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Re: do shell script with administrator privileges & shell commands
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Re: do shell script with administrator privileges & shell commands


  • Subject: Re: do shell script with administrator privileges & shell commands
  • From: Jeffrey Berman <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 05:45:49 -0500

On 8/13/02 16:15 PM, Chris Espinosa <email@hidden> wrote:

> After working with a couple of different groups on this issue we've
> discovered an awkwardness with the 'with administrator privileges'
> option for the 'do shell script' command. We've found a workaround so
> I'm writing this mini-tech note to let people know about it.

This information is quite helpful. One further issue I've been encountering
with the "do shell script" command is converting Mac-style path strings
(e.g., "HD:Users:username:Folder1:") to Unix-style paths (e.g.,
"/Users/username/Folder1"). Is there a command to execute this conversion
directly?

-Jeffrey Berman
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